AppZero, the fastest way to move enterprise server applications to the cloud,
has announced that it has been named to CIO.com‘s "10 Hot Cloud Startups to
Watch" compiled by Startup 50 writer Jeff Vance. The 10 companies making
the list were selected from a "top 25" list that was nominated to the Startup
50 blog. Factors in moving onto the final list were: the company's
standings following a vote, viability of product, competitive advantages and
management team's pedigree.There will be a new round of voting to rank the
companies on the top 10 list. Please vote for AppZero here.
According to Vance, AppZero made the list because, moving applications from
traditional IT systems to the cloud isn't easy. AppZero encapsulates an
application and its dependencies in a "virtual application appliance,"
without a virtual machine (VM). The result is an application that is
fl... (more)

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A robust ecosystem of solutions providers is emerging around cloud computing.
Here, SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Journal expands its list of most active
players in the fast-emerging Cloud Ecosystem, from the 'mere' 100 we
identified back in January of this year, to half as many again - testimony,
if any further were needed, to the fierce and continuing growth of the
"Elastic IT" paradigm throughout the world of enterprise computing.
Editorial note: The words in quotation marks used to describe the various
services and solutions in this round-up are in every case taken from the Web
sites cited. As ever we encourage software engineers, developers, IT
operations managers, and new/growing companies in every case to "suck it and
see" by downloading or otherwise sampling the offering in question for
themselves.
(Omissions to this Top 150 list sh... (more)

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Much has been written about applications that are stranded on Solaris 2.6/7
OS and rare-as-unicorn hardware. In fact, much of it has been written by me.
My trusty biz dev leader suggested that I take an ROI run on the topic in my
next blog .... which is this one. But I just can't bring myself to do it.
Why? Because I can't see building an elaborate spreadsheet showing how
AppZero is the best option, when the choice is a no brainer that my 7 year
old son could make.
Let's play the model out and you tell me if a spreadsheet would help clarify
the choices:
1. Magical thinking: Just close your eyes and do nothing. The do nothing
option has worked this far for you, hasn't it? And, in the statistically
guaranteed eventuality that the hardware fails, you have a set of Bond-like
people (James) ready to jump in with rapi... (more)

Server application virtualization pioneer AppZero has announced the
appointment of Jim Noschese as Global VP of Sales. As Vice President of
Global Sales, Jim Noschese will combine strategy, staffing, and customer
satisfaction levels to drive AppZero revenue growth and customer loyalty.
Jim comes to AppZero with more than 25 years of experience in
technology-based solution sales management experience spanning companies such
as CIMTEK, Inc, Open Ratings, Emptoris, and Parametric Technology (PTC).
His record of success is marked by consistent and frequently explosive growth
in key regions for which he was responsible. Jim holds a BA in Economics
and an MBA from the University of Dallas.
Speaking of the opportunity Jim said, "Server virtualization is main
stream. Now, executives and IT pros are faced with moving applications and
workloads onto all those servers in da... (more)

As Occupy Wall Street went global mixing grievance with entitlement, the
movement quickly became the melting pot for all things protest-able. Taking
to the streets with euros, dollars, and yens taped across their mouths
demonstrators marched, camped, and otherwise deplored the unfairness of
reality.
"But, who will speak up for production enterprise applications?" I thought.
"The reality is that 99% of production enterprise applications are still
earth-bound ... not on the cloud. Those greedy, lightweight dev/test use
cases are monopolizing the cloud."
The paradigm-busting, world-changing Cloud technology is enslaved to the
business as usual purposes of low-risk development and test sand boxes.
Meanwhile, the blood and guts applications that are the DNA of enterprise
productivity languish in the land of roll-your-own IT operations.
Bring me a tent and set up a por... (more)

VMware has announced continued collaboration with its partner community to
deliver secure infrastructures for the cloud. VMware is delivering a new
generation of jointly integrated security and compliance solutions with a
broad network of committed, trusted security partners -- including
Bitdefender, Catbird, HP, Kaspersky, McAfee, RSA, Symantec and Trend Micro --
to help customers transform IT so they can take advantage of the benefits of
cloud computing.
"Cloud computing provides powerful new ways to manage and use digital
information, requiring customers to think differently about how to tackle
security and compliance within the data center," said Parag Patel, vice
president, Global Strategic Alliances, VMware. "With the VMware cloud
infrastructure suite as the foundational platform, and our VMware vShield
technologies as a key security enabler, we are working c... (more)

Data at rest has long been protected by technology called public key
infrastructure (PKI), in which data is encrypted when it’s created by a
public key and only decrypted, in theory, by an authorized person holding the
private key. But extending this type of data protection to the cloud can be
complicated.
The migration to the cloud has introduced a new set of complex security
issues for IT teams to manage due to the lack of direct control over the
security of the data. Moreover, cloud providers believe that data security is
a shared responsibility, where the service provider assures physical security
and the subscribers must secure their servers and data. Presumably this would
include a strategy for encryption and key management which requires that the
keys be stored outside the cloud rather than in it.
Startup security company Porticor just released a solution tha... (more)

AppZero has announced a free cloud rescue program for companies stranded in
Go Daddy's soon-to-be-defunct cloud offering. For each Go Daddy customer,
the offer includes free migration of two applications from Go Daddy to any
cloud provider.
The cloud rescue program has two components:
Application migration -- AppZero, the fastest and most flexible way to move
server applications to and across any clouds, will provide its Zapp
application migration solution at no charge for the first two applications.
Cloud destination - current Go Daddy customers will make their own
arrangements for cloud instances with the cloud provider of their choice.
This free application migration offer is available to Go Daddy customers
through the end of the year. Additional migrations, if any, will be priced
on a case-by-case basis.
Commenting on the program, Greg O'Connor, AppZero CEO notes... (more)

There are things in life that are just painful -- Doing dishes, paying taxes,
going to the dentist, and upgrading software. One of the most painful IT life
cycle events is upgrading from an older version of an operating system (OS)
to a newer one. In fact, there are 10s of millions of servers still running
Windows Server 2003, hosting applications that run important functions. The
problem is that Window Server 2003 is about to lose support from Microsoft
(end of life (EOL)) leaving many with a really difficult choice. Upgrade or
face escalating risk of security holes being exploited without any patches or
support. Holy strawberries Batman, we're in a jam.
This is a case of bare metal turning to rust. The virtual support rug is
being pulled out from underneath the data center. A mini Y2K event for
applications stranded on those old, obsolete servers. The challenge is ... (more)

Cloud Expo® Silicon Valley $500 Savings here!
Everyone is talking about the benefits of "the Cloud," but are you ready to
pick up and move your business applications? With Windows Server 2003 end of
life approaching, companies are faced with moving large numbers of enterprise
applications. Learn how you can modernize your applications (OS up level) and
transform them (move to the cloud) at the same time.
If you're faced with migrating applications from Windows Server 2003 to
Windows 2008 or 2012 when moving to the cloud, there is a solution.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Greg O'Connor, CEO of
AppZero, will discuss and demonstrate new "up-level OS" migration
capabilities, which allow users to effortlessly move server applications from
old operating systems to new ones as part of a cloud migration.
Explore Cloud Expo® Sponsorship & Exhibit Opport... (more)

Virtual Application Appliances (VAA) decouple an application from the operating system (OS) and its underlying infrastructure. The resultant virtual application appliance contains an application with its dependencies, but with zero operating system (zeOS) component. The aim of VAAs is to enable enterprises to provision server based applications to any machine in the data center in a matter of seconds or move an application from the data center to the cloud (D2C).

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